- Sep 28, 2017
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Hey everybody, I have a little problem.
I had build a PC that has a MSI z-170a Tomahawk mobo, i5-6600K and 8gb@3200mhz ram. So my motherboard supports up to 3600mhz, and I did a little research and know that whenever a dual channel is in play the frequency is divided by half(3200-2x1600; 3000-2x1500 and so on) and also that whenever the ram runs at a higher frequency than the mobo supports, then it's underclocked to whatever frequency it can handle, so I calculated that I would need 900mhz per slot on 4 sticks. My question is: if I was to buy the same ram(2x4gb) but at a lower frequency of 2133mhz would my motherboard underclock all my sticks to 4x900=3600 and would that work fine? Thanks, really appreciate some help
I had build a PC that has a MSI z-170a Tomahawk mobo, i5-6600K and 8gb@3200mhz ram. So my motherboard supports up to 3600mhz, and I did a little research and know that whenever a dual channel is in play the frequency is divided by half(3200-2x1600; 3000-2x1500 and so on) and also that whenever the ram runs at a higher frequency than the mobo supports, then it's underclocked to whatever frequency it can handle, so I calculated that I would need 900mhz per slot on 4 sticks. My question is: if I was to buy the same ram(2x4gb) but at a lower frequency of 2133mhz would my motherboard underclock all my sticks to 4x900=3600 and would that work fine? Thanks, really appreciate some help
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